Scientific Literature Review Resident Template Guidelines

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Review Scientific Monthly Abstract Guidelines before you start your review.

Title

  • Please copy title exactly how it appears in the article

Reference

  • Please use the pubmed reference formatting. This should appear exactly as it does in the pubmed search.
  • Example: Westin O, Nilsson Helander K, Grävare Silbernagel K, Möller M, Kälebo P, Karlsson J. Acute Ultrasonography Investigation to Predict Ruptures and Outcomes in Patients With an Achilles Tendon Rupture. Orthop J Sports Med. 2016 Oct 14;4(10)

Level of Evidence

  • Add level of evidence


Scientific Literature Review

Reviewed By

  • Resident name performing the review

Residency Program

  • Residency name including city and state

Podiatric Relevance:

  • This section should be brief, however direct and to the point.
  • Why is this article interesting to a podiatric surgeon? Perhaps this is the reason why you chose this particular article.
  • What hypothesis or clinical question(s) were the authors attempting to answer?

Methods:

  • Do not directly copy and paste from the article and/or abstract. This is not intended to discuss every minute detail from the methods, however it is intended to give the reader an overview of the study performed.
  • Briefly review the study design and outcome measures utilized to answer the hypothesis or clinical question.

Results:

  • What were the specific results of the investigation?
  • You may list results or discuss results. This should include results of the outcome measures discussed in the methods section.

Conclusions:

  • You have the most flexibility with this section and really should be the substance of the review.
  • What did the authors conclude from the above results?
  • What conclusions do you reach from the above results?
  • How will this information help (or not) you treat the next patient you encounter?

Note:

  • Submission must be in MS Word
  • Single spaced (zero spacing before and after each line)
  • Times New Roman
  • Size 10
  • 500-word limit (excluding Title, Reference, Reviewed By and Residency Program).